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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11241
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13995
13 Actual Demand 10931
14 Aggregate Planning 11851
15 Air Cargo 9785
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6393
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34501
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15168
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18852
20 Assembly Line 21439
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22616
22 Average Speed of Answer 26335
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22594
24 Batch Production 37555
25 Bill Discounting 14080
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10781
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6890
28 Blanket Release 9732
29 Bonded Warehouse 9828
30 Booking Number 13376
31 Bottleneck 9186
32 Buffer Stock 58243
33 Build to Stock 12690
34 Bullwhip Effect 9257
35 Business Logistics 25048
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12295
37 Capacity Management 39444
38 Capacity Utilization 13738
39 Capital Intensive 8072
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8342
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11815
42 Certified Supplier 8795
43 Channel Effectiveness 8759
44 Co-Destiny 9025
45 Co-managed Inventory 12174
46 Co-Packers 11532
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6594
48 Computer-Based Training 7476
49 Consular Invoice 19296
50 Container Depot 10337
51 Container Freight Station 10107
52 Continuous Replenishment 19172
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11800
54 Contract Carrier 7190
55 Contract of Affreightment 11172
56 Control Charts 7739
57 Cost Flow 10048
58 Courier Service 14829
59 CPFR 7986
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11515
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43286
62 Date Code 17718
63 Days of Supply 19449
64 Dead on Arrival 8917
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7071
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7842
67 Detective Control 8683
68 Devanning 13976
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10582
70 Dispatching 23611
71 Distributed Inventory 8157
72 Distribution Channel Management 34024
73 Distribution Metrics 8698
74 Distribution Planning 23892
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14835
76 Double Marginalization 52168
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21982
78 Dual 5252
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20290
80 Echelon Inventory 25851
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37941
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48827
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7397
84 Efficient Frontier 24947
85 Engineer-to-Order 31244
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15930
87 Erlang B Formula 9086
88 ETD 8075
89 Ex Works 7665
90 Exception Rate 13130
91 Exponential smoothing 9601
92 External Growth 9813
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9196
94 Field Services 7578
95 Field Warehouse 9676
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8413
97 Fishbone Diagram 14296
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26501
99 Flow Through Distribution 12034
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7913
101 FOB Destination 12670
102 Forward buying 29701
103 Freight Charge 10088
104 Freight Consolidation 7312
105 Gantt Chart 8107
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11401
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29156
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12418
109 Hub 23040
110 Idle Time 7858
 
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